Tag: Asian
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Natalie Nakase becomes first Asian American head coach of a WNBA team
Longtime WNBA coach Natalie Nakase has made history. Nakase, assistant coach of the Las Vegas Aces, was announced on Thursday as the head coach of San Francisco-based WNBA team the Golden State Valkyries. It makes her the first ever Asian American head coach in the league. Nakase, who’s Japanese American, said during a press conference…
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Winnie Greco, longtime NYC mayor’s aide and liaison to the Asian American community, has resigned
A longtime aide to embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams has stepped down. Winnie Greco, director of the city’s Asian Affairs, resigned to her post on Monday after more than a decade working closely with Adams as a liaison between him, in his different capacities, and the Asian American community. Her resignation comes after…
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Breast cancer rising among younger women and Asian Americans, report finds
Americans have benefited from huge leaps in breast cancer treatment over the last two decades, but diagnoses are becoming more common, especially among younger women, according to a report published Tuesday by the American Cancer Society. The new report shows that breast cancer mortality has decreased by 44% since the late 1980s. Rates of breast…
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Indiana woman faces up to 6 years in prison after repeatedly stabbing Asian American student on bus
A woman who was accused of stabbing an Asian American student at Indiana University Bloomington last year because she said she had “noticed” the victim was Chinese has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge, court documents show. Billie Davis, 57, entered the plea last week after she was indicted by a federal grand…
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Connie Chung talks facing doubt and being the only Asian American woman in the room
At the beginning of her decades-long career in broadcast journalism, a network executive told Connie Chung that she’d never make it in the industry. “I was not only a woman, but I was Chinese,” Chung, 78, said on the NBC’s TODAY show while promoting her new memoir, “Connie.” Chung, who broke ground as the first…